Southbound lanes of Route 202 in Solebury, Pa. to close for road work

Times photo of road construction in Hamilton. Times of Trenton photo by David Gard

SOLEBURY, Pa. — Roadwork on Route 202 will close the southbound lanes between River Road, or Route 32, and Lower York Road just outside of New Hope on Monday, officials said.

Southbound traffic on Route 202 will be detoured off the highway at the River Road exit, then onto Route 32 south, which leads back to Route 202.

The closure and detour is scheduled to last 12 days and reopen on Friday, July 19, the Delaware River Joint Toll Commission said in a press release.

The northbound lanes of Route 202 will not be closed, but traffic will be reduced to one lane for the duration of the closure, the release said.

The affected area is west of the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge and will detour motorists headed from New Jersey into Pennsylvania, the release said.

The replacement of the road is part of a larger project that involves road work on both sides of the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge that connects Delaware Township with Solebury.

The roads leading up to the bridge and the on ramps on both sides of it will be repaired and repaved. The overpass that carries Route 202 to River Road in Pennsylvania will be repaired, and the bridge that carries Route 202 across Route 29 in New Jersey will be repaired and all of its steel bearings will be replaced, the release said.